Patriots vs. Bengals: Week 1 NFL Showdown Insights
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00You know, the Patriots do not come close to where the Cincinnati Bengals are with or without
00:09Jamar Chase.
00:10In fact, if he plays, Vinny, I don't think the number is going to go up much, maybe a
00:13half a point.
00:14I don't even know that he's worth a half a point in the NFL.
00:17You know, but again, all the money is going to come in on Cincinnati and I'm always very
00:21scared of the first week because I think Vinny, in the end, you and I would agree that the
00:26Patriots are only going to win a handful of games, but anything can happen in the first
00:31week of the season.
00:32That's the danger zone for me.
00:33Yeah, for sure.
00:34I mean, the one thing that we've seen in recent years is that the defense is a little bit
00:38ahead of the offense and therefore you see a lot of unders hitting early in the season.
00:45That's something we're going to watch for and this game has got a pretty low total that's
00:50tied to the Patriots not looking all that good with Jacoby Brissett, a quarterback here
00:55now named the starter.
00:56So the Bengals, again, Luan Arumo is still the defensive coordinator.
01:01He can cause a lot of problems for any quarterback, especially one that's struggling and has limited
01:05weapons.
01:06I mean, Joe Burrows back, the enthusiasm is going to be there on the home side.
01:10So it seems like a bit of a trap extending there to nine and a half points, but I do
01:15like the Bengals at home here.
01:17I think they're going to come out and play well.
01:19They want to reestablish themselves as kind of an AFC contender and this is a game where
01:23they can make a statement, I know the Patriots are going to stink and might be the worst
01:27team in the league, but the Bengals still want to come out there and prove that they
01:32belong by taking care of business.